After Tkachuk, there are no sure bets. The next 5-6 are a toss up and not one has a better than 50% chance of making it in any role IMO.
I like Gillies but a lost year isn't a good thing. This season is extremely important for him.
Poirier had a rough year. Maybe it's part of his developmental path or maybe he's just trending in the wrong direction.
Andersson and Kylington are both fine prospects but nothing that other teams don't have. We really need to see Andersson in the AHL, and some progression from Kylington, to start to see what we have with them. Same goes for Mangiapane.
Jankowski still seems like a project to me but I like his potential. I hope the comparisons to a taller Backlund turn out, that would be huge for this team having 1C, 2C and 3C locked up for the next 5-10 years.
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